Re: Re: Internet and FTN   
     By: Generalram to Madcat on Sun Apr 01 2012 06:25 pm   
      
    > think BBSes like Fax Machines are a technology they cannot control.   
      
    > Everyone got forced into Internet usage and forgot about Arpanet the   
    > Internet came from was developed in part by governments. It was designed to   
    > be a way of communication after a nuclear war or some other disaster. It   
    > had much better commercial uses and became the Internet. BBSes had to die   
    > because governments could not control or censor them. So they made the   
      
      
   i dont buy into this conspiracy theory about bbses.  bbses went to hell because   
   bbses couldnt provide what people wanted. also bbs operators had the mentality   
   that it was bbses vs the internet. most of them didnt consider adopting or   
   merging with the internet.    
      
   they had poor foresight and a poor handle on what   
   people wanted at that time.  they were like an old man who refused to leave his   
   house even though a horrible hurricane was coming.   
      
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